Melisa's Life

Update

Posted in 2.7.10

I haven't blogged in a really long time. The kids are in swim lessons right now so i thought now was a good time. Things are pretty good around here. We sold our townhome and moved in to a house. I love it. It's quieter and we have a yard with a garden. We've had to do some work on the yard because it's all grass. We've planted trees and flowers and a good size garden. We got a dog door and the dogs love it. Saige is making new friends. She really misses her old friends especially since school is out.
We have been keeping busy with swim lessons, soccer, summer movie passes, bike rides down to the park and swimming whenever we get a chance. I've been reading a lot. It helps keep my brain active. I feel like my brain goes when I'm out of school. I should hear if I got in to nursing school soon. I'm getting anxious!
My dad was in a motorcycle accident a week ago. He was life flighted from price to university hospital in salt lake. He has broken a few ribs, his clavicle, pelvis. He has had surgery on his pelvis twice and 2 blood transfusions. It's scary seeing someone you love in that situation. He has been out of it a lot because of the pain meds and hurts a lot. He is supposed to be discharged to a rehab facility on Friday. He will be in a wheelchair for a while and won't fully recover for 6 months. It's really a miracle it wasn't worse. He wasn't wearing a helmet yet has no brain trauma. When he's alert he has been himself joking around and giving the nurses a hard time.
Here are some pics I have on my phone. I'll try to post more often :)

Our new living room

View from the deck

Saige at a princess dinner

Sharing Popsicles

My niece at her wedding. I got to do her hair :)

Saige and her teacher at kindergarten graduation

Kade at soccer

Swim lessons

Saige lost two teeth in one night!

At the heritage days parade

Watching the life flight helicopter take off from grandpas window at university hospital.

The kids in the garden
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For sale

Posted in 14.2.10

Chris and I decided to put our house up for sale last week after thinking about it for about 3 weeks. We are in a better place financially now, we found a realtor that our friends recommended that is great, and our kids are at the point where they need separate rooms. There is a home in east Layton we are looking at, but it needs a lot of work so we are not sure yet. Otherwise, we are mostly looking at places near saiges school. We looked at a few the other day and found a few we really like. As far as our home goes, we've had 2 walk throughs already and one more scheduled for tomorrow. We found out we would qualify for te tax credit so we are hoping to sell before the end of April. It's kind of a blessing and a curse that my house has to be so clean all the time!

As far as all of us go, we are doing well. We all came down with strep at the beginning of this week and of course I now have a sinus infection and had to switch medications. I feel better today though, finally.
School is going good. I'm taking a cna class, which is a prerequisite for nursing. It's not hard at all, just time consuming. I start clinicals next week. I only have 3 more weeks left! I'm also taking chemistry and the Second half of the biomed series. I thought it was going to be torture, but it hasn't been so bad. I'm also trying not to be so stressed this semester, haha.
Saige is loving her school. We do too. They work with her on her level so she is not bored. The classes are smaller so she gets a lot of one on one attention. I am amazed how well she is reading and she can add and subtract, tell time, all kinds of things. I really want to be close enough that we can ride bikes or walk her to school.
Kade is crazy as ever :) He knows his colors and is working on learning the abcs and numbers. He is my little chatter box. From his "Hi mom! I woke up, it's morning!" to singing himself to sleep at bedtime, he doesn't stop. He has decided he doesn't need/want a nap every day which doesn't help my studying situation, but i've started doing quiet time instead and it helps. It's amazing how different my kids are. Especially when it comes to discipline!

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School

Posted in 17.9.09

This semester has been crazy. I knew it would be hard, but I am finding that I love it. I am taking some hard classes but they overlap a lot. I love, love my anatomy/physiology class! The first day of class, my professor told us that if I don't get at least a b+ I won't get in to the nursing program. It's a scary thought, but I have gotten a 100 and 94% on my exams so far. I have been recording the lectures and listening to them as I'm falling asleep at night(I love my phone!) I also downloaded some microbiology tutor sessions that I listen to in my car and have been going to study groups on my lunch break. I feel like it's always with me sometimes. I have to do it this way, I have to squeeze it in whenever i can. When the kids are awake and chris is at work, I have been trying really hard to focus on them. Most of my nights are spent on campus. Whenever things get hard I remind myself that it will be worth it. It will, right?! The last week I have had major anxiety where I can't sit still. One day, I rearranged our bedroom furniture all by myself. I did 7 haircuts and 3 colors over the weekend. It has been NONSTOP! Yesterday, I forced myself to take a morning off and hang out with the kids. We ended up making cookies and dancing around. I really love my life and i'm grateful for it, even though it's incredibly chaotic right now.

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Happy birthday

Posted in 29.8.09

Today is mine and circes birthday. Chris got her a few months before we met and she has always been his baby. He said he knew we were meant to be because I share my birthday with his dog. Lol She used to be the most well behaved dog. We would take her everwhere with us. Chris would even take her to school with him and keep her in his hoodie pocket. That stopped when the kids came and we got ryu for her to play with. Now, she's old and doesn't care about discipline.
Anyway, she turns 11 today. It's a bitter sweet day for me. I love having a day to appreciate and celebrate my life and her life, but she is getting old and I wish she could stay around forever.
Happy birthday Circe dog!

This pic is from when chris and I were dating.

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First day of school

Posted in 20.8.09

I just dropped Saige off at school for her first day of kindergarten. I kept a brave happy face until I got in the

car to drive away. Then I cried like a baby. My little girl is growing up way too fast.

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Life

Posted in 25.7.09

It has been a really long time since I blogged. Things have been super busy here lately and then our Internet stopped working. I finally downloaded a blog writer app for my phone.
I'm in summer school right now. Math has been hard! I haven't taken it in so long that I have forgotten a lot. I'm going full time next semester, which will be a big adjustment. I have put my business on hold for now because of school. It has been a good break for me.
Saige starts kindergarten in a month! It's crazy how fast it goes by. She took soccer a couple months ago and now Both kids are in swim lessons. They love it.
Kade is completely potty trained except for at night. He is doing so good! He keeps me very busy. He is too smart for his own good sometimes

he recently learned how to take the child locks off the door handles.
We have done quite a bit this summer. Chris and I went on a camping trip in June just the 2 of us. It did so many wonderful things for us and just myself. I have been feeling like I gave up a part of myself when I became a mom. I did a lot of soul searching while we were away and something clicked. Ever since, I have been making it a point to take time out for myself every day. I even bought my first pair of heels last week. Our marriage has been even stronger, which I didn't think was possible. We haven't had an argument in over a month.
I'm hoping that I can write more now that it's more convenient. Here's some pics:
Camping

The aquatic center

Lagoon

More lagoon

Wakeboarding at Willard bay

The 4th of july BBQ at our house

The drive to beAr lake

Swimming at bear lake

4th of July parade

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Saying Goodbye

Posted in 21.5.09

I wasn't going to blog about this, but for some reason, I feel like I should. Most of you know my cousin, Lariann passed away from brain cancer. Us cousins were so close growing up, most of us still are. We saw each other weekly at Grandma & Grandpa Pages. Lari, Rachel and John used to stay at our house when their parent went out of town. We had tumbling together and went to the same schools from 6th grade up. I got a call the Monday after Lari passed away asking me if I would feel comfortable doing Lari's hair for the funeral. I was in shock at first, but after thinking about it for a minute, I said yes. It seemed to make sense to me. I did her hair for every other important occasion in her life, why not this one?
The day finally came, and I have to admit, I didn't sleep much that night. I had to work that day, so I did this on my lunch break. When I got there, I was shaking SO bad. I started to get nervous that I was going to drop the curling iron and start something on fire, lol. When they were ready for me, my aunt and cousin Rachel came and got me. Rachel and I have been really close since high school. I think we should have been sisters. There were many times that I would show up at her house to pick her up and find that she was wearing the same outfit as me. Anyway, she was my life saver that day. As soon as I walked in, I calmed right down and I had this strong feeling, like "you can do this, it's still Lariann." I curled her hair to make it look like it was on her wedding day. Rachel and I cracked jokes and said things that only me, her and Lari would understand. I apologized to Lari for ripping her precious duckie when we were 12. It was so peaceful in that room, even my aunt said so. I made it through the whole thing without a single tear. It was when I got done and turned to face her when we were getting ready to leave that I started to cry. She looked so beautiful and so peaceful. You couldn't look at her and tell that she even had cancer. She looked like Lari again.
I have been struggling with this a lot more than I thought I would. I became a hermit for a week, except being with my sister and Rachel. I went to Rachel's house to comfort her and she ended up comforting me instead. It's getting better, slowly and I know that it will be ok. The funeral was last Saturday, so Saturday Night Live was on that night. One of our inside jokes during high school was from a skit from SNL. They did Jeopardy with Sean Connery and it was always so funny. It hasn't played in years, but it was on last Saturday night.
Here are some pics from the funeral. Lari's husband Scott works for the Kaysville fire department, which is why the ambulance lead the precession. The little girl in the picture is Lari's daughter. She found out about her brain tumor while she was pregnant with Lucy. She is her little miracle baby. This was definitely an experience that I will never forget. Love you Lari.